W3ZZ was not so lucky as G3SXW as he did not get into a banquet and accordingly to information from K3EST W3ZZ slept in the car. But he indemned the discomfort buying 7-night stay in the hotel on Barbados.
The idea of the Observer program arose long time ago in 2007 and it was not the CQ WW CC who proposed it.
The idea author is a well known contester from the USA.
When I recently heard that the CQ Contest Committee would not consider Single Operator One Radio (SO1R) as a separate category, I was very disappointed and asked myself why do I have to compete in the same category where a vast majority of contesters are using two radio's.
To me SO1R and SO2R are essentially the same - both are true single op - SO2R is just a single op station that is more complicated and sophisticated and harder to BUILD.
Hello contesters!
I red many emails about this subject and I recognize that many contesters somehow missed a point. Let's be focused on basic issues, not going deeply in details.
I think the assisted category should not been introduced in first place. I think that it is good idea to merge the assisted and not-assisted back into one category.
SO category combination advocates have always been complaining that nobody really makes any valuable proposals but they forget that nobody had really been asked.
I have received a lot of messages showing resentment of the leading contesters by the fact the SO category elimination is still being discussed by the CQ WW CC.
Also, I have received some messages from the CQ WW CC members.